Garment-supporter



(No Model.)

L. G.. ABBOTT. GABMENT. sUPPoRTBR.

No. 498,217 Patented May 2s, 1893.

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LEONARD G. ABBOTT, OF SYRAOUSE, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF THREE- FIFTHS TOWILLIAM W. GUILFORD, OF WEST MEDFORD, AND RUFUS E. PERKINS, OE SALEM,MASSACHUSETTS.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 498.217, dated May 23,1893.

Application led October 10, 1892. Serial No. l148,352. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, LEONARD G. ABBOTT, of Syracuse, county of Onondaga,State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Catches for Garmentor Stocking Supporters, of which the following description, inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, likeletters on the drawings representing to like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a novel and securecatch for supporting garments, such as stockings, &c.

My improved catch is of that class wherein a portion of the fabricconstituting the stocking or garment laid over a headed button or stud,is embraced by a metallic loop.

My improved catch consists essentially of two plates, one sliding on orwith relation to the other, one of said plates carrying a stud, and theother a loop.

Figure l, shows my invention applied to a stocking supporter. Fig.' 2,is a plan view on an enlarged scale of a catch embodying my invention;Fig. 3, a longitudinal section of the catch shown in Fig. 2, both Figs.2 and 3, showing the catch open. Fig. 4, is a cross section in the line0c', Fig. 2. Fig. 5, shows the plate l) detached from Fig. 2. Fig. 6,shows a modified form of my invention; Fig. 7, a longitudinal sectionthereof; Fig. 8, a cross section in the line m', Fig. 6; and Fig. 9,hows a plate of the modified form shown in The metal plate c, Figs. l to3, it constituting the foundation plate of my catch, has a headed buttonor stud d2. Co-operating with this plate is a plate b to which isloosely connected a metallic loop b adapted to embrace the headed buttonor stud a2, and hold the fabric of the stocking or other article ofwearing apparel, or thing, between them. The connection between the loopb and the loopcarrying plate b is, in the form of my invention shown inFigs. l to 3, effected by a web or strap b2, it preferably containingelastic warps, said strap, as best represented in Fig. l, being extendedupwardly to be connected with some part of any usual belt or device B toform a stocking support.

In Fig. 3, I have shown the web b2 as wrappedat one end about a crossbar a3 of the plate a, said web being thence led'along the back of saidplate, and near the opposite end of the plate the web is pushed througha suitable slot, the web being then led through an eye b4 formingpart ofthe loop frame b and thence through the loop b and back through the eyeb4 and thence to the point of support for the catch.

The web referred to covers the back of the 6o plate a, or that whichcomes next the person and keeps the said plates from contact with theperson. This web may be in one or more pieces, preferably one.

In this my invention the plates referred to are adapted to slide one onor with relation to the other in order that the loop b may be made toengage with the stud, and to do this the edges of the plate a arerepresented as suitably overturned as at ct to thus form 7o i guides inwhich the loop plate b may slide in order that the loop b may be movedfrom its open position Figs l. and 2, to the left when it is desiredthat the loop engage the stud a?,

the fabric to be held having been previously laid over the stud orbetween it and the loop in usual manner. When moving the loopb from itsnormal position Figs. 2 and 3, to enable it to engage a part of thestocking or fabric laid over the stud a2, the elastic web 8o stretcheschiefly to the left of the eye b4, viewing Fig. 3, or between the loop band said eye b4.

'In the modifications Figs. 5, 6 and 7, the

plate d having its edge overturned, as at cl2,

is substantially as shown in Fig. l, and the web marked c is connectedto the said plate as described of the web in Fig. 3, it, however, beingpushed through a suitable slot therein and the doubled portion of theweb is locked 9o by a suitable pin as a5.

The plate d shown separately in Fig 9, is cut or slitted, as at d', toform tongues which are subsequently bent upon themselves to form eyes orbearings e for the reception of nient in one or the other directioneffecting roo the engagement of the loop and stud with the fabricbetween them. The dotted lines Fig. 6, show the said plate carried tothe left to elect the engagement of the stud with the loop and thefabric.

I have shown one practical and good way of connecting the web with theplates a and (Lbut this invention is not limited to connecting the webtherewith in the manner shown, as this may be effected in otherequivalent ways without departing from my invention, and while I gainexcellent results by holding the loop e by an elastic web so that thenormal tendency1 of the web to resume its nnstretched condition enablesthe loop to be drawn closely under the head of the stud, yet the loopmay be hinged or otherwise joined or connected to the plate d, as forinstance in Figs. 6 and 7, where I have shown the loop as hinged to theplate.

This invention is not limited to the exact shape shown for the stud, andinstead I may employ a stud of any suitable shape whereby the loop mayco-operate with it to firmly hold the fabric between them.

The gist of this invention lies in the fact that there are two platesone movable on and with relation to the other, one carrying a stud andthe other a loop, and it is immaterial which moves toward the other.

In this my invention the strain on the loop by the web is always to drawthe loop up against the under side of the stud.

I Iaving described my invention, what I clalm as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a catch for supporting stockings and other garments, two platesone adapted to slide on or with relation to the other, one of saidplates having a stud and flanged or enlarged side edges, the other platebeing held in place and guided by said edges and having a connected loopmovable with relation thereto, whereby, by the relative changes ofposition of the plates, the loop and stud may be made to firmly graspand hold between them the fabric, substantially as described.

2. In a catch for supporting stockings and other garments, two platesadapted to slide on o'r with relation to each other, the back platehaving a stud and flanged or enlarged side edges, and a slot near itsupper end for the connection therewith of a woven web which covers therear side of the plate and has its end rigidly secured thereto,.theother plate having an eye and being held in place and guided by saidflanged edges, combined with a loop connected to and movable withrelation to said sliding plate and flexibly connected with the backplate by an adjacent integral portion of said webbing extended throughthe eye of the sliding plate, relative changes of position of the platesenabling the loop and stud to firmly grasp and hold the fabric betweenthem, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEONARD G. ABOTT. Witnesses:

G. W. GREGORY, M. J. SHERIDAN.

